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From the Heart
TV series / 2000

From the Heart

Drama

★ 9.0/10Audience rating

A young autistic woman, Mayuko, who has difficulty understanding and processing human emotions, meets with a young former psychiatrist, Shinichi, who is still getting over the unexpected death of his longtime girlfriend. Shinichi begins to help her with her skills of human interaction, but as he gets to know Mayuko better, he finds that she may be helping him to remember the feelings of love that he has forgotten in his grief.

The story

A young autistic woman, Mayuko, who has difficulty understanding and processing human emotions, meets with a young former psychiatrist, Shinichi, who is still getting over the unexpected death of his longtime girlfriend. Shinichi begins to help her with her skills of human interaction, but as he gets to know Mayuko better, he finds that she may be helping him to remember the feelings of love that he has forgotten in his grief.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 2000 · 12 episodes Season details

Mayuko, a woman with autism, has a chance meeting with a a young former psychiatrist, Shinichi who helps her to develop new skills and progressively helps her learn about closeness. But Shinichi still has to come to terms with the death of his previous girlfriend before he can truly open up and love again. Mayuko, ironically, is the one who must help Shinichi.

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